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The Visual Studies Minor offers a more broadly based curriculum than that covered by traditional Art History, reaching into everyday life and popular culture to deal with all aspects of visual communication.

Careers

Ours is a visual culture. Workplaces today are visually saturated envronments. We spend our free time consuming visual media through films, television, and the internet. Knowledge is increasingly communicated visually. The Visual Studies Minor curriculum teaches critical viewing skills to prepare students to successfully interpret and navigate the visual complexity of the 21st century, both inside and outside the workplace. Students from any college may choose to minor in Visual Studies.

Classes & Requirements

What You'll Study

This minor offer students a broad interdisciplinary selection of courses and methodologies from the arts, design, humanities and social sciences. In Visual Studies courses, students examine the production and consumption of images, objects and events in diverse cultures and within a global context. No more then four courses may be from Art History & Visual Studies (A-H prefix). At least two courses must be at the 300-level or above. Students may complete the minor with a selection of courses from Art Studio, Anthropology, Architecture, Classics, Communications, English, History, Interior Design, Integrated Strategic Communication, Journalism, Landscape Architecture, Mass Media Studies, and foreign languages. See the specific requirements below:

Required Courses

A-H 101 - Introduction to Visual Studies

A-H 105 - World Art before 1400 OR A-H 106 - Renaissance to Modern Art

Choose one course from:

A-S 102 - Two-Dimensional Surface

A-S 103 - Three-Dimensional Form

A-S 130 - Drawing

A-S 200 - Introduction to Digital Art, Space and Time

Any Art History and Visual Studies (A-H prefix) course at the 300-level

Optional Courses to Complete the Minor

In addition to the required courses, students must choose at least three courses from the following to complete a total of 21 credit hours to receive the Visual Studies Minor:

Any Art History and Visual Studies (A-H prefix) course (up to one additional A-H course may be counted in addition to the required courses above)

A-S 200 - Introduction to Digital Art, Space and Time (if not already used as a required course option)

A-S 280 - Introduction to Photographic Literacy

A-S 345 - Web Design

A-S 346 - Digital Video

ANT 450 - Symbols and Culture

ARC 212 - Architectural History and Theory I: 15th - 17th Centuries

ARC 213 - Architectural History and Theory II: 18th - 18th Centuries

ARC 314 - Architectural History and Theory III: 20th Century and Contemporary Architecture